Whiteochloa

Whiteochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Whiteochloa
C.E.Hubb.
Type species
Whiteochloa semitonsa
(F.Muell. ex Benth.) C.E.Hubb.

Whiteochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family.[1][2][3]

The genus is native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.[4] It is named for Australian botanist Cyril Tenison White, 1890–1950.[5]

Species[4][6][7]
  1. Whiteochloa airoides (R.Br.) Lazarides - Northern Territory, QLD, Western Australia
  2. Whiteochloa biciliata Lazarides - Western Australia
  3. Whiteochloa capillipes (Benth.) Lazarides - New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Northern Territory, QLD, Western Australia
  4. Whiteochloa cymbiformis (Hughes) B.K.Simon - Northern Territory, QLD, Western Australia, New South Wales
  5. Whiteochloa multiciliata Lazarides - Northern Territory,
  6. Whiteochloa semitonsa (F.Muell. ex Benth.) C.E.Hubb. - Northern Territory, QLD

References

  1. ↑ Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1952. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 62: 111
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Whiteochloa C.E. Hubb.
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ Aurgrass2, Grasses of Australia
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Whiteochloa
  7. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia